Cover for collapsible tubes



March 26, 1935. R, DEMERS 1,995,967

COVER FOR COLLAPSBLE'TUBES Filed Maron 27, 1954 2 sheets-sheet 1,v 4

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` COVER FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES y Filed March 27. 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ll/fy nvenlbr l? Pe/Ward Patented Mar. 26, 1935 1,995,967

UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE COVER FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES Roger Lucien Demers, St. Jaques, New Brunswick, Canada, assignor of one-half to Martin Therriault, Edmundston, Canada Application March 27, 1934. Serial No. 717,625

Z Claims. (Cl. 22-1-60) The object of this invention is to provide an enumerated as desirable in the statement of the improved cover for a collapsible tube. invention and the above description.

A further object of the invention is to make the It will be apparent that changes in the details covera slidable oneconvenient and easyto operate. of construction, and in the combination and ar- A still further very important object of the inrangement of parts may be resorted to without 5 vention resides in the provision of a cover for departing from the spirit or scope of the invencollapsible tubes which is exceedingly simple in tion as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, its advantages. sufficient, durable, thoroughly reliable in use and Having thus described my invention, what I otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which claim as new is: A10 it is designed. 1. A discharge neck for a collapsible tube, said With the above and numerous other objects in neck comprising a relatively heavy solid block view as will appear as the description proceeds, having a fiat top provided with a plain rectanguthe invention consists in certain novel features lar surface, said top having relatively heavy solid of construction, and in the combination and arinverted L-shaped portions rising therefrom at 15 rangement of parts as will hereinafter be more the corners of said rectangular surface and havfully described and claimed. ing their foot-portions spacedly overlying said sur- In the drawings: p face, and a relatively thick plate having a parallel Figure 1 is a fragmentaryside elevation showsided portion of uniform cross section lying being the upper end of a collapsible tube having a tween said L-shaped portions and slidably en- 20 cover embodying the features of my invention. gaged with said rectangular surface and the in- Figure 2 is a similar view taken at right angles ner sides of said foot-portions and the inner sides to that shown in Figure l. of the standard-portions of said L-shaped por- Figure 3 is a. sectional view taken substantially tions, the opposite ends of said plate having deon the line 3-3 of Figure 2. pending parts engageable with the opposite ends `25 Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially of said block to limit sliding movement of said one the line 4--4 of Figure 1. plate, said plate and said block being formed with Figure 5 is a top plan view of the tube, and registrable openings. Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the cover 2. As a new article of manufacture, a neck for disassembled. a collapsible tube, said neck comprising a gener- 30 Referring to the drawings in detail it will be ally rectangular heavy solid block formed with seen that the numeral 5 denotes a collapsible an opening therethrough and a plain flat top f tube having formed thereon a parallelopipedal through which said opening opens, opposite ends block-like neck 6 having a rectangular opening 7 of said top being formed with a pair of heavy extending through a portion thereof adjacent one solid inverted L-shaped bodies of generally rec- 35 end and having rising from the corners thereof y tangular cross section and rising from said top tabs 8 which are bent to overlie the top surface of so that the outer sides thereof are vertically the neck 6. Numeral 9 denotes a rectangular aligned with the corresponding outer sides of said plate slidable on the upper surface of the neck 6 block and one edge thereof is vertically aligned and having a rectangular opening 10 which may with the adjacent end of said block, the opposite 40 be brought into registry with the opening 7. edges of said L-shaped bodies at the same side of Stop lips 11 depend from the ends of the plate said block being considerably spaced from each 9. With the plate in the position shown in Figother, and a closure in the form of a heavy solid ure 3 it will be noted that the opening is closed plate formed with an opening registrable with l5 and by sliding the plate to the dotted line posisaid opening in the block, said plate having a flat 45 tion shown in Figure 3 it will be noted that the body and plain side edges slidably engaged with passage is in open position. said top and with the inner sides of the standard It is thought that the construction, simplicity portions of said L-shaped bodies, respectively, and advantages of this invention will now be side portions of the upper surface of said plate quite apparent without a more detailed descripbeing slidably engaged with the undersurfaces of 50 tion thereof. the foot-portions of said L-shaped bodies, and The present embodiment of the invention has depending stops on the opposite ends of said been described in considerable detail merely for plate engageable with the ends of said block to the purposes of exemplication since in actual limit the opening and closing of said closure. practice it attains the features of advantage ROGER LUCIEN DEMERS. 55 

